Soap container for shaving soap and the like



Junezs, 1925. 1,543,481

J. G. PATTON SOAP CONTAINER FOR SHAVING SOAP AND THE LIKE Filed Feb, 25,1922.

Patented .lune 23, 1925i.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN G. PATTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOAP CONTANER FOR SHAVING SOAP AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 25, 1922. Serial No. 539,141..

To allwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PAT'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Soap Container for Shaving Soap and thelike, of which the following is a specification.

Soap containers of the conventional types now in vogue for shaving soapand the like, which latter is dispensed generally in the form of acylindrical bar or stick, generally comprise a metallic or othercylinder orbody of substantially standard dimensions in length andcross-section, having a cap or closure at one end said body beingadapted to have a cylindrical cake or stick of shaving soap looselyfitting in said cylinder or container', so that it can be readily pickedout with the fingers or shaken out when the container Ais inverted.

After the stick of shaving soap has been nearly used up, so that a smallpiece as a fractionof an inch in length remains, which cannot be readilymanipulated in Vthe lingers, this usually has to be thrown away or insome instances has been stuck on the end of ay new stick of soap, thelatter after being removed from its container being grasped in thefingers of the user during the act of applying soap to the face beforeshaving.

My presentV invention embodies the novel featiire of an open-ended soapcontainer, whose inner periphery is provided with a plurality,preferably three or more, of in-- ternally projecting parallel ribs orridges,

which enter and frictionally engage the outer periphery of the stick orcake of soap to such an extent that the soap cannot be shaken out of thecontainer but can only be manually pushed out by a thumb kor finger tothe desired extent, my novel contailler serving the double function (ae)of a Container for either a new stick of soap or a new stick of soapwith a small piece of a partially used stick, and (In) Vas a handletherefor during the act of apply-y ing soap to the face prior toshaving, it being apparent that when the stick of shaving soap is nearlyused up or is used to such an extent that only a fraction of an inchremains, it is lonly necessary in my inventionto insert a new stick4longitudinally into either end of the container, whereby the parallel,wedge or other shaped internal ribs or ridges will retain both the shortnearly used up piece of soap as well as the new'A stick properly withinthe container until the short piece is entirely used up, and thus thereis no Waste under any conditions.

To the above ends, my invention consists of a novel construction of asoap container, comprising a body having internal, parallel,longitudinally extending ribs or ridges, which is preferably open atboth ends and provided with caps or closures hinged, screwed orotherwise secured thereto, so that the stick of soap can be manipulatedor manually advanced from either end of the container upon removing thecap or closure at that end.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings, one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliableresults, although it will be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists may be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure l represents a perspective View of a'soap container embodying myinvention showing the'top cover removed.

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section on line 22 of Figure l, withthe top cover in position.

Figure 3 representsv a transverse section on line 3 3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 represents a sectional view of another embodiment of myinvention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

VReferring to the drawings l designates my novel construction of a soapcontainer, the same comprising an open-ended body or cylinder 2, whichis made slightly longer than the standard container, having thelongitudinally extend- .mit

ing, internal ribs or ridges 3, which are preferably triangular incross-section and preferably arranged in parallelism, so that 'theirapices are adapted to enter and frictionaliy engage the outer contiguousperiphery of a cylindrical cake or stick of shaving` or other soap el.

The frictional contact of the internal retaining ribs or ridges 3 withthe outer contiguous periphery of the soap will obviously retain saidsoap in the desired position as it is manually pushed longitudinallythrough the container' with a portion protruding from the' end thereof,and my in vention readily lends itself not only to its function of acontainer or carrier for a new stick of shaving soap or one of full orstandard length, but it also enables the user to' insert the smallunused portion of a partially used stick, as indicated at into eitherend of the container upon removing either the top or bottom air tightcap or closure, as G or 7 respectively.

` As will be apparent from Figure 2, the length of the container 2 ispreferably made slightly in excess of the length of the standardcontainer, so that room will be afforded for the positioning orreplacement of a partly used or a short piece of soap as 5 within thecontainer', and upon the removal of the substantially air tight caps orclosures 6 and 7, it will be apparent that the sticks 4 and 5 can bemanually advanced or pushed in either direction by the thumb or fingerof the user, so that there is no waste under any conditions, and inaddition, the container serves as a convenient handle to grasp andmanipulate the soap during its application to the -face of the userprior to shaving.

It will be apparent that while I have shown the longitudinal internalparallel ribs or ridges 8 as preferably wedge-shaped, I do not care tobe limited thereto in every instance, as other shapes of ribs may beemployed, and said ribs can be formed upon the inner periphery of thecontainer body 2 in ,any desired manner, as seen in Figure 3, or theycan be pressed from the outer periphery of the container, as indicatedat 8 in Figure l, by means of a suitable die or indenting applianceapplied to the exterior periphery of the container seen in Figure l,which is indicated as l).

On the side of the body, a short distance from the terminals thereof areannular beads l0 which project outwardly therefrom, and form stops forpositioning the caps 6 and 7, leaving terminal unthreaded or smooth neckportions on the body, on which said caps may be slipped conveniently toposition them on the body and from which they may be convenientlyslipped for removal therefrom, it being seen that as both ends of thebody are open, the soap may be supplied to the body at either endthereof and likewise pushed out for use at either end.

It will also be noticed that the necks of the body and the closing capsthereon are each of'sim'ilar construction and so the caps areinterchangeable and adapted to be applied to either neck of the bodywithout requiring` any special selection thereof.

IVhile I have shown the container body as round, it is evident that itmay be of other contour in cross-section, and while I have described thesticks or cakes of soap, as 4 and 5, as being shaving soap, it will ofcourse be apparent that said soap maybe utilized for other purposes. i

In accordance with my present invention, the shaving stick ispractically air sealed within its container, since the covers have atight lit on the casing, so that in practice the soap does not dry outas has heretofore been the case in devices of this character.Furthermore, the spacing formed by the ribs lermits circulation of airbetween the side wall of the stick and the casing if thestick is of lessdiameter than the casing. The

cakes used for relilling need only to be ,y

7tapped in paper, and it is not necessary to wrap them in tinfoil, ashas heretofore been the practice.

It will be apparent that if the end of a shaving stick which has beenused up is moistened and placed on either end of a new stick and thenpushed toward the juxtaposed closure, that said remnant of the originalstick will adhere to the new stick so as to form a single continuousstick of shaving soap. The closure against which the stick is pushedwill form an abutment so that the proper pressure can bei applied tocause the above-mentioned action to take place. i'

It will nowV be apparent that I have i nvented a new and useful soapcontainer .for shaving soap and the like, which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention andthe above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shownand described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practicesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the sameis susceptible of modilication in 'Various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages. p

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A container' of the character stated, consisting` of a cylindrical,hollow body open at both ends, an annular bead near each end of saidbody, the .terminals of said body forming smooth necks extending fromsaid beads, a plurality of radially arranged, parallel,

iongitudinaiiy disposed sharp, pointed ribs as to function as a singlestick, and a cap extending throughout the length of said for each end ofsaid body, Which caps are 10 body including said necks upon the internalinterchangeable upon either neck thereof.

Wall thereof With which ribs the peripheral ungrooved silrfaces of longand short sticks JOHN G PATTON of material in the body are adapted fric-Witnesses:

tionally to engage to form grooves in the C. D. MCVAY,

said sticks in their forward movements so M. E. BYRNE.

